The most important fiscal bill in our country’s history is on the verge of being passed or defeated. It dominates all news as it should. It is opposed by a double digit majority of the people and strongly opposed by a 2-1 margin over those who strongly support it. There are not enough votes to pass the bill. Each House of Congress has put forth unprecedented procedural proposals to pass what other wise would not pass. This is in addition to the various bribes that we have publicly seen and are likely being proposed currently. Each day this week the president has chosen to lie to the public (by double counting Medicare cuts, comparing 5 years of spending with 10 years of taxing, etc., etc.) to promote a monstrosity. The bill is bad enough. But the damage to our way of governing is even worse. President Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are corrupt to the core.
But this is not the only area where the Obama administration has established and supported corrupt and dangerous practices. Debra Burlingame and Thomas Jocelyn wrote an opinion piece in Monday’s Wall Street Journal on some of the defense practices on behalf of the “Gitmo” prisoners by the Law Firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton and Garrison.Legislation passed in 2006 and subsequent rulings by the Supreme Court permit detainees, under certain conditions, to petition the court in support of habeas corpus rights. However, without getting into the details of what qualifies as a legitimate appeal, Paul, Weiss, and Rifkin engaged in other activities which arguably flirt with Treason under Article 3 of the Constitution. Treason is defined by Article 3, Section 3 as such.
Section 3. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort…Read more here...
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